You can always learn more about a player, so I see this as the Patriots not being interested in him. I don't think it is a good move, because you should know as much as you can about each and ever potential player in case that player were to drop into your laps. Then again, they have their draft board and they probably have about 5 guys that will be there at 23 to chose from.

Add on top of that, I'm sure the front office changes didn't help too much.

Kind of remarkable that there's not a single legitimate (outside of Jackson)3-4 DE 1st round prospect.

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With many people feeling that Connor Barwin is overrated right now, you can make a similar argument that Jarron Gilbert is significantly overrated. Some consider him better than Jackson and a legitimate 1st round pick, others rate him still as a 3rd rounder. Jumping out of a pool has certainly gained him a lot of visibility that he would never otherwise have got. I personally like him if he lasted to #58, but not earlier.

With many people feeling that Connor Barwin is overrated right now, you can make a similar argument that Jarron Gilbert is significantly overrated. Some consider him better than Jackson and a legitimate 1st round pick, others rate him still as a 3rd rounder. Jumping out of a pool has certainly gained him a lot of visibility that he would never otherwise have got. I personally like him if he lasted to #58, but not earlier.

Which bears asking, if (as a GM) you really like a prospect, why not assemble a horrible highlight package for him and youtube it. Now I know most GM's don't draft off youtube, but if you could create significant negative buzz around a player, it might cause a team to think it could get that player later in the draft.